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From IFC Films and Shudder comes Birth/Rebirth, the directorial debut of Laura Moss, a new emotional and unnerving spin on Mary Shelley’s iconic tale of Frankenstein. In the film, “Rose (Marin Ireland) is a pathologist who prefers working with corpses over social interaction. She also has an obsession — the reanimation of the dead. Celie (Judy Reyes) is a maternity nurse who has built her life around her bouncy, chatterbox six-year-old daughter, Lila (A.J. Lister). When Lila suddenly falls ill one tragic night and dies, the two women’s worlds crash into each other. They embark on a dark path of no return, where they will be forced to confront how far they are willing to go to protect what they hold most dear.” Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, A.J. Lister, Breeda Wool, Monique Gabriela Curnen, and LaChanze star in the film produced by Mali Elfman, David Grove Churchill Viste. Jordan Barker and Brendan J. O’Brien executive produce. Birth/Rebirth, which HorrorFuel.com’s Joseph
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Released on home video in the US earlier this year, the brutal film The Retailiators is getting a home release in the UK and Australia, and to celebrate, a new trailer has been released for the revenge horror thriller, which we called “one of the best movies of 2022,” in our review. The film, which is certified “Fresh,” centers on “An upstanding pastor who uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter’s brutal murder. A high-octane original soundtrack and cameos from some of the biggest names in rock music set the tone as this horror-thriller reveals a game of revenge played using a new set of rules.” The all-star cast includes Michael Lombardi (“Rescue Me”), Marc Menchaca (“Ozark”), and Joseph Gatt (“Game of Thrones”), as well as Jacoby Shaddix, frontman of Papa Roach, making his acting debut. It features a killer soundtrack featuring Papa Roach, Tommy Lee, Five Finger Death Punch, and more. Directed
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With the Halloween season underway, Netflix is continuing to add a ton of thrills and chills this week with new releases. Here’s what to watch. The Fall of the House of Usher Series Director Mike Flanagan is back (not that he ever left) with his new series, based on the tales of Edgar Allen Poe, titled “The Fall of the House of Usher.” The limited series from Intrepid Pictures features eight episodes, four that were directed by Flanagan and four by Michael Fimognari, who worked with Flanagan as cinematographer for “Haunting of Hill House” and who directed several episodes of Flanagan’s series “The Midnight Club.” “The Fall of the House of Usher” will debut on Netflix on October 12, 2023. The Devil On Trial Documentary Did the devil really make him do it? That’s the question people have been wondering for decades. On November 24, 1981, Arne Cheyenne Johnson was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter. But what made his case
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A new series is coming to Peacock that should be at the top of your “must-see” list: “John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams!” The new six-episode series will explore terrifying true tales of terror that took place in seemingly perfect American hometowns. Each episode will delve into the monstrous evil that lurks beneath the surface of friendly suburbia through the lens of one frightful tale. In addition to firsthand accounts, the episodes will include cinematic reenactments, personal archives, and historic town press coverage. Ahead of its premiere, I sat down with the showrunner, director, and executive producer Jordan Roberts, known for his involvement in series like “Haunted.” Roberts directed the true-crime episode “A Killer Comes Home,” which tells of a serial killer who stalks a town. Here’s what Roberts had to say about “Suburban Screams” and what it took to tell the story of this killer. Be sure to watch “John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams,” premiering on Friday, October 13th, 2023, a day
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A woman finds herself fighting to survive in the deadly and action-packed thriller Night of the Hunted, coming to Shudder’s streaming service this October. Directed by Franck Khalfoun (P2, MANIAC) and produced by Alexandre Aja (HIGH TENSION, PIRANHA 3D, CRAWL), the film stars Camilla Rowe (NO LIMIT). In Night of the Hunted, “when an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she’s made the plaything of a sociopathic sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her life, but also figure out who wants her dead and why…” Monaia Abdelrahim, Aleksandar Popovic, J. John Bieler, Isaiah Reyes also star. Night of the Hunted, which screened at Beyond Fest, is set to premiere on Shudder on October 20, 2023.
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A serial killer is on the loose in the upcoming, true story-inspired horror-thriller Squealer, starring Tyrese Gibson (The Fast and the Furious franchise) and Theo Rossi (“Sons of Anarchy”). Today, Lionsgate has released the new Red Band trailer that’s brutal as hell. Directed by Andy Armstrong, who penned the script along with Danielle Burgio, this intense film also stars Wes Chatham, Kate Moennig, Ronnie Gene Bevans, and Danielle Burgio. “When young women start disappearing in a small town, a police officer and a street-smart social worker follow clues to a remote pig farm, where they discover the local butcher has been bringing his work home. Enter the world of a serial killer and experience for yourself the bloodcurdling horror of a film that’s bound to take your breath away.” Squealer is rated “R” for strong violence and gore, as well as drug use, graphic nudity, sexual material and language. It slashes its way into theaters, on Digital, and On Demand
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Buffalo8 has just announced the North American VOD release of the home invasion horror-thriller The Hive, which marks the feature debut of writer-director Jared Allmond. Timothy Haug and Christie Griffin star as Albie and Penny, a young couple with a failing marriage, who try to rekindle the fire in their relationship by having a night out by themselves. To make matters worse, the couple returns home to armed strangers. With no help from their neighbors or law enforcement, they attempt to survive a night from hell. The Hive will hatch on Cable and Digital VOD on October 27th, including Prime Video, Vudu, Vubiquity, Cox, and Comcast.
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Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, the producers of M3GAN, dive into the deep end of horror with the new supernatural thriller, Night Swim. Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve (Oscar® nominee Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin), teenage daughter Izzy (Amélie Hoeferle, this fall’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) and young son Elliot (Gavin Warren, “Fear the Walking Dead”). “Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home’s shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home’s past will unleash a malevolent force that will drag the family under,
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A gaggle of friends make that classic fright flick mistake by stopping to pick up an attractive hitchhiker. The end result of that blunder finds our heroes drugged, dragged to some shady-ass building or another, and fitted with vials in the base of their skulls. They soon learn that their captor intends on harvesting their brain fluid in those vicious vials… fluid collected via episodes of extreme pain! Soon all captives within those wicked walls are giving and receiving the gift of torture porn in a bid to survive the ordeal, but in all honesty their chances are slim as fuck… Coming from Director Taylor Sheridan (who wrote 2015’s Sicario) and Screenwriters Eric Jay Beck and Rob Kowsaluk, Vile is an odd entry in the aforementioned torture porn sub-genre. Populated with intentionally rote characters, it’s hard to root for anyone in particular… which isn’t usually a problem, as torture porn flicks are often made on the strength of their effects
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Among the new premieres happening this October on Netflix is the debut of the new series “Bodies.” Here’s what you need to know. The series, from Paul Tomalin is based on the graphic novel by Si Spencer. It begins as police procedural before being hit with a huge twist. The series unfolds across four different timelines where the same murder victim is discovered on the same street in Whitechapel. The mystery of how that is possible unfolds as police discover they are working the case with other detectives over time and space, and that a mysterious political leader is somehow involved. The series stars Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Shira Haas, Amka Okafor, Kyle Soller, and Tom Mothersdale. “Bodies,” featuring eight episodes, is set to premiere on Netflix on October 19, 2023, as part of their Halloween lineup.
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From IFC Films and Shudder comes Birth/Rebirth, the directorial debut of Laura Moss, a new emotional and unnerving spin on Mary Shelley’s iconic tale of Frankenstein. In the film, “Rose (Marin Ireland) is a pathologist who prefers working with corpses over social interaction. She also has an obsession — the reanimation of the dead. Celie (Judy Reyes) is a maternity nurse who has built her life around her bouncy, chatterbox six-year-old daughter, Lila (A.J. Lister). When Lila suddenly falls ill one tragic night and dies, the two women’s worlds crash into each other. They embark on a dark path of no return, where they will be forced to confront how far they are willing to go to protect what they hold most dear.” Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, A.J. Lister, Breeda Wool, Monique Gabriela Curnen, and LaChanze star in the film produced by Mali Elfman, David Grove Churchill Viste. Jordan Barker and Brendan J. O’Brien executive produce. Birth/Rebirth, which HorrorFuel.com’s Joseph
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Released on home video in the US earlier this year, the brutal film The Retailiators is getting a home release in the UK and Australia, and to celebrate, a new trailer has been released for the revenge horror thriller, which we called “one of the best movies of 2022,” in our review. The film, which is certified “Fresh,” centers on “An upstanding pastor who uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter’s brutal murder. A high-octane original soundtrack and cameos from some of the biggest names in rock music set the tone as this horror-thriller reveals a game of revenge played using a new set of rules.” The all-star cast includes Michael Lombardi (“Rescue Me”), Marc Menchaca (“Ozark”), and Joseph Gatt (“Game of Thrones”), as well as Jacoby Shaddix, frontman of Papa Roach, making his acting debut. It features a killer soundtrack featuring Papa Roach, Tommy Lee, Five Finger Death Punch, and more. Directed
Continue reading →
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With the Halloween season underway, Netflix is continuing to add a ton of thrills and chills this week with new releases. Here’s what to watch. The Fall of the House of Usher Series Director Mike Flanagan is back (not that he ever left) with his new series, based on the tales of Edgar Allen Poe, titled “The Fall of the House of Usher.” The limited series from Intrepid Pictures features eight episodes, four that were directed by Flanagan and four by Michael Fimognari, who worked with Flanagan as cinematographer for “Haunting of Hill House” and who directed several episodes of Flanagan’s series “The Midnight Club.” “The Fall of the House of Usher” will debut on Netflix on October 12, 2023. The Devil On Trial Documentary Did the devil really make him do it? That’s the question people have been wondering for decades. On November 24, 1981, Arne Cheyenne Johnson was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter. But what made his case
Continue reading →
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A new series is coming to Peacock that should be at the top of your “must-see” list: “John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams!” The new six-episode series will explore terrifying true tales of terror that took place in seemingly perfect American hometowns. Each episode will delve into the monstrous evil that lurks beneath the surface of friendly suburbia through the lens of one frightful tale. In addition to firsthand accounts, the episodes will include cinematic reenactments, personal archives, and historic town press coverage. Ahead of its premiere, I sat down with the showrunner, director, and executive producer Jordan Roberts, known for his involvement in series like “Haunted.” Roberts directed the true-crime episode “A Killer Comes Home,” which tells of a serial killer who stalks a town. Here’s what Roberts had to say about “Suburban Screams” and what it took to tell the story of this killer. Be sure to watch “John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams,” premiering on Friday, October 13th, 2023, a day
Continue reading →
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A woman finds herself fighting to survive in the deadly and action-packed thriller Night of the Hunted, coming to Shudder’s streaming service this October. Directed by Franck Khalfoun (P2, MANIAC) and produced by Alexandre Aja (HIGH TENSION, PIRANHA 3D, CRAWL), the film stars Camilla Rowe (NO LIMIT). In Night of the Hunted, “when an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she’s made the plaything of a sociopathic sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her life, but also figure out who wants her dead and why…” Monaia Abdelrahim, Aleksandar Popovic, J. John Bieler, Isaiah Reyes also star. Night of the Hunted, which screened at Beyond Fest, is set to premiere on Shudder on October 20, 2023.
Continue reading →
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A serial killer is on the loose in the upcoming, true story-inspired horror-thriller Squealer, starring Tyrese Gibson (The Fast and the Furious franchise) and Theo Rossi (“Sons of Anarchy”). Today, Lionsgate has released the new Red Band trailer that’s brutal as hell. Directed by Andy Armstrong, who penned the script along with Danielle Burgio, this intense film also stars Wes Chatham, Kate Moennig, Ronnie Gene Bevans, and Danielle Burgio. “When young women start disappearing in a small town, a police officer and a street-smart social worker follow clues to a remote pig farm, where they discover the local butcher has been bringing his work home. Enter the world of a serial killer and experience for yourself the bloodcurdling horror of a film that’s bound to take your breath away.” Squealer is rated “R” for strong violence and gore, as well as drug use, graphic nudity, sexual material and language. It slashes its way into theaters, on Digital, and On Demand
Continue reading →
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Buffalo8 has just announced the North American VOD release of the home invasion horror-thriller The Hive, which marks the feature debut of writer-director Jared Allmond. Timothy Haug and Christie Griffin star as Albie and Penny, a young couple with a failing marriage, who try to rekindle the fire in their relationship by having a night out by themselves. To make matters worse, the couple returns home to armed strangers. With no help from their neighbors or law enforcement, they attempt to survive a night from hell. The Hive will hatch on Cable and Digital VOD on October 27th, including Prime Video, Vudu, Vubiquity, Cox, and Comcast.
Continue reading →
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Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, the producers of M3GAN, dive into the deep end of horror with the new supernatural thriller, Night Swim. Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve (Oscar® nominee Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin), teenage daughter Izzy (Amélie Hoeferle, this fall’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) and young son Elliot (Gavin Warren, “Fear the Walking Dead”). “Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home’s shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home’s past will unleash a malevolent force that will drag the family under,
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A gaggle of friends make that classic fright flick mistake by stopping to pick up an attractive hitchhiker. The end result of that blunder finds our heroes drugged, dragged to some shady-ass building or another, and fitted with vials in the base of their skulls. They soon learn that their captor intends on harvesting their brain fluid in those vicious vials… fluid collected via episodes of extreme pain! Soon all captives within those wicked walls are giving and receiving the gift of torture porn in a bid to survive the ordeal, but in all honesty their chances are slim as fuck… Coming from Director Taylor Sheridan (who wrote 2015’s Sicario) and Screenwriters Eric Jay Beck and Rob Kowsaluk, Vile is an odd entry in the aforementioned torture porn sub-genre. Populated with intentionally rote characters, it’s hard to root for anyone in particular… which isn’t usually a problem, as torture porn flicks are often made on the strength of their effects
Continue reading →
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Among the new premieres happening this October on Netflix is the debut of the new series “Bodies.” Here’s what you need to know. The series, from Paul Tomalin is based on the graphic novel by Si Spencer. It begins as police procedural before being hit with a huge twist. The series unfolds across four different timelines where the same murder victim is discovered on the same street in Whitechapel. The mystery of how that is possible unfolds as police discover they are working the case with other detectives over time and space, and that a mysterious political leader is somehow involved. The series stars Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Shira Haas, Amka Okafor, Kyle Soller, and Tom Mothersdale. “Bodies,” featuring eight episodes, is set to premiere on Netflix on October 19, 2023, as part of their Halloween lineup.
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